New York Times Announces 10 Best Books of 2017

On Thursday, November 30, the New York Times announced the 10 Best Books of 2017, as selected by the editors of the New York Times Book Review. Over the coming weeks, ABA will work with the New York Times Book Review on initiatives to help booksellers feature and promote the 2017 Best Books list; watch Bookselling This Week for details.

Booksellers who are attending the 2018 Winter Institute will have the opportunity to hear more about the book review process and related topics during a session featuring New York Times Book Review editor Pamela Paul and ABA CEO Oren Teicher. The session will take place on Tuesday, January 23, from 10:40 a.m. to 11:40 a.m.

The Best Illustrated Children’s Books, now named the New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books Award in honor of the 65th anniversary of the awards, were selected by a panel of three judges: author and illustrator Steven Guarnaccia, an associate professor of illustration at Parsons/The New School for Design; author and illustrator Marjorie Priceman, winner of two Caldecott Honors and two New York Times Best Illustrated Books Awards; and Louise Lareau, the head librarian of the New York Public Library Children’s Center.